Following the Security Path

An interview with Richard Parry, executive director and head of global security for Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR) Inc., is presented. Parry discusses challenges faced by NIBR, a global research organization with operations in the U.S., Europe and the Pacific Rim, due to intellectual property protection. He details his working relationship with information technology (IT) security department. He mentions that he loves to play with his five-year-old son.

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